The Penn's Grove record., 1887-11-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.

LNCulC 10 tho obiy uAthDl LAAtAk
"A bill to substitute o nickel for q
bronze coinage has been introduced
into the French Legislative Chamber.
An Illinois tramp told a farmers
wife she ought to feed him because she
s'might be entertaining an angel una
wares" AS this argument had no
effect he went out and set fire to the
barn.
A Maine widower gave a man ten
dollars to pay for lights and fuel
while the widower was counting the
mans daughter. She refused to marry
him, and he is trying to ecovs the
ten dollars.
An English lockmaker claims to
have perfected a door, TO be used in
public buildings, that will lessen the
chances of accident in time of panic or
real danger. 1t can be opened from
the outside only by a key, but a slight
pressure from within 1t to
swing open outward.
Toronto, Canada, has been aroused
by the quantity OF water which her
residents waste, and has taken steps to
provide a remedy. Inspectors have
been appointed, who go about ''spot-
ting" and when, after a warning, no
Improvement Is made, water meters
are attached to the pipes.
"A turtle was recently Matched out
in the parlor of a Jersey City woman
from an egg which she brought home
last summer as a souvenir Of a trip.
at the time the egg was placed In a
card receiver where it renamed all
during the process of Matching, which
latter is attributed to the heat Of the
room.
"A singular advertisement appeared
recently calling for loo, 900 live feas,
to be delivered in 5000 lots. at a GER
tain address. The advertiser proved
to be a flea trainer, who revealed the
fact that only one flea in a thousand
can be taught anything, and then 1t
takes three months to train them. The
year, hence the great demand.
"A jar containing two hands pre-
served in alcohol caused considerable
excitement in a st. Louis saloon re-
Gently. The barkeeper says that about
four weeks ago a young man, well
dressed. entered the saloon and asked
permission to leave a paper package
until next day. When no n came
for 1t the barkeeper undid. the paper
and found the picklsa hands. A patrol
wagon removed the jar to the morgue,
Those interested in the develop.
ment Of Silver Crown AR enthusiar'1-
oveT the character of ore That has Ia
taken out of the Louise mines duf Ii
the past week. The last twenty tons
are of such a character as to cause all to
gain renewed faith In the immense
richness Of the camp, and all are salts
fed that the ore now being taken out
is equal to any found in the world.
"A CHASTITY object of interest i'll
Florence, Italy, is d table composed of
human muscles and viscera. 1t was
made by an Italian who devoted sew
eral years Of his life to its manufacture,
employing material obtained from a
hundred human bodies secured from
hospitals, The bodies were indurated
with mineral salts. and as they exist
in the table are in a petri6ed state,
having the appearance of v~ariegated
marble.
"A farmer and his son have had a
most unpleasant series of adventures
at Whit, Texas. First the father fell
into an abandoned well and then the
son came tumbling after. The well
was sixty feet deep and there was an
ugly moccosin snake at the bottom.
To make matters worse, it began to
rain, the water rose in the well and tie
earth caved in around them. They
passed twenty hours in this plight, and
were finally rescued by passers-by who
heard their cries.
An American gentleman who has
recently Travelled through Japan, says
that the Japanese will In a few years
be the greatest railroad builders of the
world. As yet there are only 81
miles of railroad in Japan, but many
roads are projected. The Japanese are
good railroad patrons; for even when
they have no business to transact tbey
will ride back and forth on the rail.
road until they have spent their last
cent. And the beggars in the large
towns nearly always spend the money
which they get on a railroad trip.
In u letter from Cabul Mr.. ]. S.
Pynes, in Englishman, who has been
looking after the construction of the
Amir's workshops. writes: "Abdur
Rahman is a man whose word must
not be disputed. / saw a curious piece
of architecture here the other day, a
CHASTITY triumphal arch made by arti-
sans of the place with the heads of 200
prisoners taken in the rebellion. You
can't imagine the horror of the sight.
Recently l was riding through the ba-
zaar, and came across the head,
mounted on a pole, Of Talmur
Shah"
"A married lady who has been
troubled for many months with a pecu-
liar sensation in the region of the
stomach, was gwen an emetic by DIR. Par
ker recently, and to her establishment
threw up q fish about four and a half
Inches in length. The fish had eyi.
IDENTIFY been dead but a few hours.
The lady felt instant relief after rid
ding herself of the troublesome tenant.
1t is supposed she swallowed the fish
when it was very small while drinking
water, and it.grew to its present size
in her stomach. The doctor had the
dsh preserved In alcohol. 1t has not
yet been decided whether it belongs
to the trout, club, or sucker family"
-nanoyer's gross winnings now foot
up $4,000. so.
Speech is the expression of self; but.
in any true personality there is a self
that cannot be expressed. As Carlyle
says: Under all speech that is good
for anything, there lies a silence that is
better" We la never fully know or
be known at the best through words
alone. Unless that which is beyond
the possibility of expression be per-
ceived, there is a hopeless barrier be-
tween head and heart.